Fu :: Return

Supreme blessing: going to and fro, no affliction :: Friends come: nothing inauspicious :: Following one's Dao: in seven days there is a return':: Favorable for going forward

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6 :: first

Returning before going too far. No regret. It is most auspicious.

You have slightly overextended yourself, but stopped in time to avoid mishap. It is easy to return home (familiar resources). Turning back avoids feelings of failure or regret.

9 :: second

Return contented. Auspicious.

Good fortune arises from a careful and timely return. As you advance you adjust your strategy, keeping the goal of return in mind. With this broad, but cautious overview, you make satisfactory progress.

6 :: third

Returning from the brink. Danger. No misfortune.

Turning back is a matter of survival; nothing is lost. You go to the brink and get turned back. Luckily, risk does not bring misfortune.

9 :: fourth

Return alone before completion.

A setback (ambush) turns you around before completion. Your miscalculations force you to turn back. You feel incomplete and isolated.

9 :: fifth

Urgent return. No regret.

You are ordered to turn back by a superior. There is pressure and tension, but things go smoothly. There is nothing to regret. You are like a general being routinely recalled to the capital city from the field of battle.

6 :: top

Reversal. Disaster. Battles lost. Princes dethroned. No recovery for ten years.

Return, in this case is a complete reversal. From time to time, even great and established structures are naturally upended. Stability is destroyed. In this case, everything is lost. There is humiliation and confusion because you hang on too long to a situation (or relationship) that has ended (dead). Recovery will take a very long time.

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Fu is about the cycles of time and the inevitable return of all things to their origin. Every move forward contains a move backward (to and fro). Fu is the promise that in retracing our steps we will be brought home.

Fu is the guaranteed return of spring after winter and the light of sunrise (yang) after the darkness (yin) of night. Recognizing and following these circular patterns we experience the ease of a smooth and harmonious life.

Auspices

Short-term plans succeed in the context of a broad view. Things are turning for the better. Routine work comes to fruition. It is favorable to have a clear goal before setting out.

Good for remarriage, retirement, routine travel, vacations, and reunions.

Bad for being innovative, ambitious, and pressing ahead.

Comment

According to Fu, human happiness is easily found close to home (family and friends) in the simple, small, ordinary tasks of life. The great wisdom of life is found in the plain and routine details of everyday life. If we observe the natural cycle of things, like the seasons of the year, we can be calm and clear. With clarity and equanimity we can see that things naturally go up and down, back and forth-change by themselves. All journeys are circles within circles.

Other Correspondences

Business: Long-term investments, new businesses, review of business plans.

Disharmonies: Nervous disorders, injuries, herpes, vomiting, and intestinal spasm.

Prognosis: Good. The patient needs to resume an abandoned personal healthcare regime and/or finish an incomplete series of medical treatments.